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UNITED SfATES REJICTS
POLICY OF IMDIENCV
INSISTS KELAHONS HE GOVERNED
BY ESTABLISHED Rl'LES.
><>te to (?reat Britain Declares Blockade
>>v Allies "ineffective Illegal
aid IniiafrrKihJe.'"'
A Washington dispatch says: The
United Slates in its notes to Great Britain.
made public there Sunday, covering
exhaustively British interference
with Ampriran tradp since tire bezin
ning of the European war, declares
that the so-called blockade instituted
by the allies against enemy countries
on March 11 is "ineffective, illegal and
indefensible." Notice is served that
the American government "can not
sulmit to the curtailment of its neutral
righ;s," and it can not "with complacence
suffer further subordinatior
nr iti riorhrs and interests."
Ambassador Page to whom trie note
was sent by special messenger for delivery
to the London foreign office, was
instructed by Secretary Lansing "to
impress mo-t earnestly" upon the British
government that the United States
"mu.-t insist teat the relations between
it and his majesty's government be
* gc-erned, nc by a policy of expediency,
but by those established rules of
international conduct to which Great
Britain in the past has held the United
State? to account when the latter nannn
wa< a hellisrprent pn^ased in a
struggle for national existence."
Declaring the United States "unhesitatingly
as-umes" the task of championing
the integrity of neutral righU,
the note proclaims that the American
government will devote its energies to
the task, exercising always an impartial
attitude.
The note, nearly 1">,000 words in
length was made public by agreement
between the staie department and the
British foreign office. It carries with
it a voluminous appendix, giving the
text of the American naval instructions
issued in 1S62 and a summary and
table showing hundreds of vessels de
-tair.ed by British authorities since th?
beginning of the preset, war.
The body of the note is divided into
25 points, dealing with all phases of
the contraband quest'on, seizures and
detentions, prior to, as well as after,
' the so-callei blockade was instituted,
and announces that a separate communication
will be sent soon dealing
particularly with the "propriety and
right of the British government to include
in their list of contraband of;
^ a n vi ,-\c> i lio t'n Konn i
v. tti tci tain ai tiv?ico *?uivu nc* ? ^ wv.v?i
so included."
In conclusion, after an argument on
' xfce law and facts, .Secretary Lansing
says:
'"I believe it has been conclusively
shown that the methods sought to bo
employed by Great Britain to obtain
and use evidence of enemy destination !
-of cargoes bound for neutral ports and j
to impose a contraband character upon J
such cargoes are wi.hout justification; {
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methods are founded, is ineffective, illegal
and indefensible; that the judicial
procedure offered as a means of
reparation for an international injury
is inherently defective for the purpose;
and that in mary cases jurisdiction is
asserted in violation of the law of
nations. The United States, therefore,
can not submit to the curtailment of
its neutral rights by these measures,
which are admittedly retaliatory, and
therefore illegal in conception and in
nature, and intended to punish the enemies
of Great Britain for alleged illegalities
on their part. The United
States might not be in a position to
object to them if its interests and the
interests of all neutrals were unaffected,
it can not with complacence suffer
turther subordination of its rights and
"interests to the plea that the exceptional
geographic position of the ene'stiies
of Great Britain require or justify
oppressive and illegal practices.
"The government of the United
States, therefore, desires to impress
most earnestly upon his majesty's government
that it must insist that the
relations oetween it ana nis majesty s ;
government be governed, not by a policy
of expediency, but by those established
rules of international conduct
upon which Great Brieain in the past
has held the Tnitpd States to account
when the latter nation was a belligerent
engaged in a struggle for national
existence. It is of the highest
importance to neutrals not only of the
present day. but of the future, that the
"principles of international right be
^maintained unimpaired.
This task of championing the in-i
cegrity of neutral rights, which have
received the sanction of the civilized
world against the lawless conduct of
belligerents arising out of the hitter-j
ness of the great conflict which is nov; j
wasting the countries of Europe, the:
United Stages unhesitatingly assumes, j
and to thp accomplishment of that
task it will devote its energies, exercising
always that impartiality which
from The outbreak of the war ir has
- -.sought to exercise in its relation- with
the warring nations."
(?KEA I EST CM) WD EVER
AT THE STATE FAIR
Thursday'*. Paid Admissions Reached
37,oS5, !v.id to Re the Record
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in 11 UttlKT,
News and Courier.
Columbia. Oct. 2S. ? The largest
crowd ever in attendance on a fair
iuiing any one day was present at the
! South Carolina State fair here Thursday,
the paid admissions registering
o7,oS5, beating any former (Thursday of
Fair week, which is always ihe red
letter da)*.
Of course, the big event during the
j forenoon was the Carolina-Clemsou
football game, which was tne mecci
of 7.500 people. Hardly another one
could have gotten there, for the grand
stand, the bleachers and the standing
room was all utilized. It was a great
game, one of the greatest ever played
on the Fair gridiron, ending as it did
in a nothing to nothing score.
Feature of Afternoon.
Tiie feature of the afternoon was the
S20.000 trades disDlav. several score
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floats being entered by the merchants
j and business firms of Columbia. The
; parade moved through LMain street
I from Elmwood avenue, turned down
iO Oervais street to Sumter street,
then back to laurel street, where it
was dismissed. Thousands saw the parade.
equalling the great crowd which
witnessed the natural resources parade
Wednesday afternoon. There was
much applause as the various displays
passed through the crowded thoroughi
fares|
The last day of the fair was known
I as "Ladies day," and the fair sex from
j every part of the state was in attendj
ance. The feature of the* afternoon
i was thp floral naraiip anrl thp nararie
I of the Boy Scouts. Over 800 young
ladies of the Winthrop college student
body came on a special train from
Rock Hill. While in Columbia they
were the guests of the students of the
University of South Carolina.
Richland First.
Richland county carried off the lion's
share of the honors in the banner contests
of all the demonstration work at
j the fair. In the men agents' side,
: Richland took first prize, while in the
j women agents' side she took second
j place. The awards were announced
: this morning by W. iW*. Long, state:
| agent of farm demonstration, and Miss !
Edith L. Parrott, state agent of home'
demonstration.
In the county agents' exhibit, awards ;
i were as follows:
i
First, Richland county. E. E. Hall'
j and W. J. Lever agents,
Second, Dorchester county, D. L. Mc- j
Albany agent.
Third, York county, A. A. McKeown i
and J. R. Blair agents.
Fourth, Lexington county, J. W. ;
Shealy agent.
IT he prizes were ribbons in the Clemson
college colors, with extra stream|
ers showing the position. Judges were i
Prof. J. X. Harper, dean of the agri- i
j cultural department of Clemson and |
director of the South Carolina experi-1
ment station, and T. E. Browne, assistant
state agent of demonstration
work in Xorth Carolina and leader of
the boys' club work in that state.
In the home demonstration agents'
work, the awards were:
First, Beaufort county, Miss Marguerite
Richardson agent.
Second. Richland county, Miss Dorothy
Napier agent.
Third, York county. Miss Minnie Lee
Garrison agent.
Fourth, Clarendon county, Miss
Katherine Richardson agent.
Specially mentioned, Cherokee, Darlington,
Spartanburg, Greenville, Williamsburg.
ENGLISH PAPER UTTERS THREAT
Suggests Formation of New PartyTake
a Rap at Premier Asqnith.
i an 7 + rr/\ an at* f a. a t?
I DUiptlVil. 1L ^UCO UU IKJ oaj .
"Yet we seem to remember a time
when Asquith showed energy, fire, determination,
dash, when he drove peers
out of their entrenchments. If he
^ would show against the Germans now
something of tnat old energy, skill and
resource his government would be
more respected and his cause more
prosperous. What reputation he might
reap if his country were more dear
to him than his ease. But if the past
is beyond him, let him hand it over
to others.
"Reduction of the cabinet, for example?it
is a necessary reform without
which there is no hope of a satis- j
factory handling of the war. If this]
is not done there are those who will j
place the truth before parliament and I
the country. They will have to create;
a national party which will oppose the!
government and fiLiit it even if in the,;
midst of war to ?et reforms necessarv!
if this country is to win."
Italian authorities say that Trieste
| -hould be pronounced "Treesta." Besides
being a great port, it is fam6us
as a center of the meechaum pipe in.V.,*rv
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OOLUMI
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A Judge ?ith Manhood and Courage.
Lexington Dispatch.
By one stroke of his manly pen,
Jucige Taomas Sease of Spartanburg,
presiding over the common pleas court
on Monday, sa.ed the tax payers?the
people of Lexington who pay the bill? j
seveial hundred dollars. For years:
Lexington county has been the "dump-!
ing ground," so to speak, for cases!
rigntly belonging to o her counties; 1
but not in the history of the common \
plea; courts of this county had such
a palpable injustice and 'imposition
been attempted upon the people. The!
case at issue was that of W. G. Hoi- j
lingsworth of Abbeville, plaiiriff,!
against the Seaboard Air Line railway, i
in which Mr. Hollingsworth is asking
$40 000 for injuries alleged to have
been received while he was a passen- .
ser on defendants' train on January 4,
this year, when the train is alleged to
have run into an open switch at the
town of Whitmire. in Newberry county.
The plaintiff is a resident of Abbeville,
many of the witnesses live in
Abbeville, his parents reside in Abbeville,
the attorneys for the plaintiff live
in Abbeville, and. yet the case was filed
T ? ? w, +V,.o? 1 "A
in I^exmgiun UUUUI/^ , lilViC luau J.<jw
miles from the plaintiff's home to be
tried at the expense of Lexington
county. Resisting the motion of the
defendant for a transfer of the case
to Abbeville, the attorney for the
plaintiff argued that the reason the
case was brought to Lexington was because
the vouns: man's condition de
manded that he be given a quick hearing.
Judge Sease, without touching
upon the merits of the case, was not
long about sending the case back to
Abbeville, where it properly belongs.
This papeF is not in the habit of lauding
public officials; but in this case
the decision of the learned judge was j
so much in accordance with reason andJ
common justice, that we feel no hesitancy
in saying that South Carolina
needs more men of Judge Sease's cal- j
ibre?more men who have the honesty, j
manhood and courage, to do the right:
thing?though sometimes, maybe, it is '
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noi lilt? puyuicu siuc ui upunuu lu <ju i
so. Judge Sease is an honor to the j
high position he occupies, an honor to i
himself, and an honor to the State of !
South Carolina. A brave and manly j
man, as bright as the brightest, as pure !
as the purest; yea, a in~.. with a soul j
as big as his body, and with a heart i
as gentle as the heart of a woman. All i
Lexington should rejoice that Judge J
Seas;- is with us and let's do all in-our
power to keep him here until our court
calendars have been relieved of tilels
congestion.
Politeness yields large dividend--", but
ii is an investment frequently overlocked.
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COMPAHY, |
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fiiT.K RT HFTRS VT LAW.
As heirs at law of Wm. M. Bobb, deceased,
we, the undersigned, will sell;
at public auction, to the highest bidder,'
before the court house door, at New-1
berry, S. C., 011 Monday, the 6th day
of December, 1915, the following described
lands, to-wit:
Tract 1. All that tract of land lying'
in Xo. ] 0 township, in tne county 011
Xewberry and state of South ^Carolina, j,
containing fifty-two (52) acres, more |
or less, fronting on the Ridge road, j
and bounded by lands of G. P. Grifffin, j
W. F. Griffin, W. F. Enlow, J. C. Counts, j
Hilliard Long, M. M. Long, John Ki-!
nard and Mrs. Alice Long. This tract i
embraces dwelling house and outbuild-1
iii2:s.
Tract Xo. 2. All that tract of land j
lying in Xo. 10 township, county of
Xewberry, State of South Carolina
containing ninety (90) acres, more or
less, fronting on the Ridge road and
bounded by lands of Alice Long, Mrs.
Jane Banks, Miss Xannie Simpson, A.
X. Crosson, C; L. Wilson and Ida Bobb.
Terms of Sale: Cash. iThe purchaser
to pay for deed, stamps and
recording.
Upon the acceptance of the bid on
either tract of land the purchaser
must immediately place in the hands
of our attorney, G. G. Sale, fifty dollars
in cash, or a certified check for
that amount, and comply with the
terms of sale witmn nve aays irom
Jate of sale, or the property will be
re-sold on the succeeding salesday at
the risk of the former purchaser.
In case bond and mortgage are given
to secure any portion of the purchase
price, the said bond and mortgage shall
provide for a ten per centum attor
ney's fee, in case the same is collected
by suit, or placed in the hands of an
attorney for collection. Upon acceptance
of the bid on either tract of land
!
the purchaser must immediately place
in the hands of our attorney, G. G. Sale
fifty dollars in cash, or a certified
check for that amount, and comply
with the terms of sale within five days
from date of sale, or the property will
be sold on the succeeding salesday at
the risk of the former purchaser.
It is hereby announced that there is
a mortgage upon said premises, held
by !M. L. Strauss, which mortgage is to
be paid out of the purchase money of
said premises, and marked satisfied,
before any purchaser will be held responsible
for his bid.
Purchaser to pay for papers, stamps
and recording.
L. A. BOBB,
J. \Y. IjUUhs,
G. M. BOBB,
MAMIE RICHARDSOX,
Fit irs at Law of i\Vm. M. Bobb.
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